Mistral AIDeepgramAudio matchupSpeech to text
Voxtral Mini Transcribe 2vs.Nova-3
Which model is better?
Voxtral Mini Transcribe 2 is slightly ahead in independent tests, but the lead is not certain.
Independent testsArtificial Analysis
Voxtral Mini Transcribe 20 of 1
Nova-30 of 1
Popularityout of 100
Voxtral Mini Transcribe 226
Nova-3ahead51
Weights and access
Voxtral Mini Transcribe 2proprietary
Nova-3proprietary
Released
Voxtral Mini Transcribe 2n/a
Nova-3n/a
Pick Voxtral Mini Transcribe 2 for
leaning Artificial Analysis
Pick Nova-3 for
more popular
Shared tests
Independent evaluators and leaderboards only, the newest shared snapshot per evaluator. With 95 % ranges a lead counts when they do not overlap; for hit rates, when it holds in a 95 % test. Without any uncertainty figure at most “slightly ahead”.
Artificial Analysis
Voxtral Mini Transcribe 2 slightly aheadArtificial Analysis AA-WER (non-streaming)
Voxtral Mini Transcribe 23.6 %
Nova-35.2 %
lower is better, as of October 15, 2026
Source · latest October 15, 2026
All data side by side
Prices are verbatim from the provider, because audio models bill per minute, character or token.
| Voxtral Mini Transcribe 2 | Nova-3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Task | Speech to text | Speech to text |
| Developer | Mistral AI | Deepgram |
| Status | Active | Active |
| Weights | proprietary | proprietary |
| Runs locally | no | no |
| Popularity (out of 100) | 26 | 51 |